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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published July 1940
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Ed Cronin

Cover Details

Characters Red Bee
Genre superhero
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

7 page Hercules story "Origin of Hercules"

Characters I & O: Hercules (Joe Hercules); I: Mrs. Hercules (D; Joe's mother); V: J. Willistone Gyppe (I); I: Pete Birch
Genre superhero
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Dan Zolnerowich
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

6 page X-5 Super Agent story "The Plot To Sink the ARKIAN"

Characters I: X-5; V: Baroness Verber (I), Nazis
Genre spy
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

6 page Jack and Jill story "Clock of Doom"

Characters I: Jack Doe and Jill Doe; I: Joseph Eberhart (D), Edward Eberhart; V: Phipps (I)
Genre detective
Pencils Leonard Frank
Inks Leonard Frank
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

7 page Red Bee story "Origin of the Red Bee"

Characters I & O: The Red Bee (Tom Darrow); V: Boss Storm (I)
Genre superhero
Script Toni Blum?
Pencils Charles Nicholas?
Inks Charles Nicholas?
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

7 page Strange Twins, The story "Origin of the Strange Twins"

Characters I & O: Douglas and Rodney Strange; I: Wendy Hale, Wing Low; V: Sin Chow (I)
Genre adventure
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

2 page text story "The Lost Moment"

Script Toni Blum (Toni Boon)
Letters Typeset
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

6 page Bob and Swab story "Neutrality Patrol"

Characters I: Bob Masters, Swab Decker; V: Enemy spies (I)
Genre humor; adventure
Script Klaus Nordling
Pencils Klaus Nordling
Inks Klaus Nordling
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

5 page Casey Jones story "The Triple Train Wreck Robbery"

Characters I: Casey Jones; V: Deegan (I)
Genre adventure
Pencils Munson Paddock
Inks Munson Paddock
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

6 page Weird Tales story "The Tale of the Haunted Inn"

Characters I: The Old Witch
Pencils Pierre Winters
Inks Pierre Winters
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

5 page Neon the Unknown story "Origin of Neon the Unknown"

Characters I & O: Neon the Unknown (Tom Corbet); V: Morgan Crooke (I)
Genre superhero
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

2 page Tommy Tinkle story "In Tinkle Town"

Characters I: Tommy Tinkle (an animated puppet), Mary Lou, Prof. Grund; V: Sam Snipe, Pat Pokem, Lotta Lure (I for all)
Genre humor
Pencils Pauline Comanor
Inks Pauline Comanor
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31

5 page Blaze Barton story "Doomsday and Afterward"

Characters I & O: Blaze Barton; I: Prof. Solis, Betty Solis; V: The Core-Men (I)
Genre science fiction
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Reprinted in Flashback (DynaPubs Enterprises, 1974 series) #31